Tom Turkey Strutting His Stuff

                   Thankfulness! 

…. that he didn’t get picked for Thanksgiving dinner.

(vintage digital post card, Circa 1940)

Announcement……

Hello Gardening Friend’s,

The Garden Contessa plans to participate in our community yard sale along  with other artists/crafters and entrepreneurs. Our tables will be grouped together.

And 32 other Parkfairfax residents will be participating as well.  The largest yard sale ever this year. it should be a lot of fun.

So far our vendor group will include:

1.  Pawetry In Motion  https://www.facebook.com/FunnyDogPoet

2.  Blooms of Paradise   https://bloomsofparadise.com/

3. Art by Jim and Tommye (watercolor)

4. Tumbleweed Design (watercolor)

5. Millie Rose Clay Company Instagram@millierose__clayco

6. Rare Bird Press (wood prints)

7. Happily Hyers Sweets  – cupcakes

8. The Garden Contessa (www.Contessas.net

Please stop by and visit us.  We will give away two (2) $25.00 gift certificates for your use with a “confirmed fall clean-up” booking.

 First  come….first served!

We will have yard sale items available as well. Some of which will include, remaining inventory from our former Delray store…..Contessa’s Garden and Gift, LLC 

We look forward to seeing all of you Saturday, October 1.

Thank You!

SOLD TODAY / Vintage Miniature Easels

Two Miniature Easels. Decorative and useful for small noted pieces of art work, photographs or special memory items you wish to display. Purchased at auction.Both have some painted ware, but in terms of ability to support your items they are perfectly intact.

One measures 11 inches and the other 14 inches. They both have a miniature shelf/ bar on which you can place your items for display.

They are charming and very unique. We love them. If you are a display person or have a shop they would be perfect to add to you display inventory. Great for adding character to a personal photograph/art collection.

We have not done any paint touch-up, as we feel this would detract from their “provenance.”

SOLD on our ContessasHome ETSY site for $30, to a customer in Forest Hills, NY

Vintage, Miniature (ebony) Easels (2)

Excited to share this item from my #etsy shop: Vintage Wooden (ebony) black miniature Easels. (Two) #wood #contessashome #vintage https://etsy.me/#vintage https://etsy.me/3q3fHGIn

Be sure to read our item description when you click on the item link provided  Thank You!

“ContessasHome”

Vintage 1970’s Pan Am Playing Cards Clipper Ship | Etsy

Pan Am Clipper Ship playing cards from the 1970’s. Very good condition. Complete. Box is intact but open with a slight tare. Playing card edges are clean and the card stock is crisp. Nothing missing. Complete wit two Jokers. A by-gone era on Pan American World Airways.

Read our item description.  Rather Unique!

— Read on www.etsy.com/ContessasHome/listing/971747707/vintage-1970s-vintage-pan-am-playing

Valentines Day, Sunday the 14th

A few vintage Valentines from the 1940’s we have preserved in our collection. A special day in our calendar year, when we can reflect and convey the “meaning of our love.”

We are posting today, so you will remember to greet your dearest, with a token of your feelings of love.

 

“Contessa”

ETSY Wares….. Preparation

Today we are sorting, photographing, pricing, cleaning and polishing.
A good amount of work. Getting items ready to list on ETSY. In this business these particular items are referred to as “vintage smalls.”

Our site is close to readiness. A couple more days should do it. Bare with us during this “ETSY Upgrade” modification process. It will be worth the wait.

We are enjoying the idea of  being “back in the game” again. it’s going to be challenging, but we love enterprise, and it will be fun.

On with our day. Hope yours is a good one

“Contessa”

ContessasHome “ETSY” site…..(Revised)

All ETSY Customers and ContessasHome viewers;

We have completed a process to reactivate and upgrade our current ETSY site. Administrative changes are required. We will announce our new launch date. Please stay tuned……..

Revised:  it will be a few business days before we are able to re-launch our ETSY site  This small snafu is now in process. Please be patient.
We Thank you!

“Contessa”

ContessasHome our virtual “selling” site will be reactivated and we will be launching it for browsing at 12 Noon on Monday, February 1, 2021.  We have preserved numerous items from our brick and mortar store in Delray, Contessa’s Garden and Gift, Alexandria, VA. Our items will be selling in best condition and priced according to the current market value. 

Shipping charges will be the responsibility of our buyers. This is standard policy on ETSY.

ETSY is an easy and fun way to purchase treasures without leaving the comfort of your home. We trust you will enjoy shopping our online store. Feedback and questions on our Etsy site are welcome. We are happy to engage your comments and suggestions. This has been a practice we enjoy. It’s always fun to know our customers virtually. Perfect for the life we are all leading during COVID isolation.  All of our items are purchased at local auctions. Our inventory will include, what is known in the business as “vintage smalls.”  And we will sell restored lamps/lighting, art, mirrors, “classic” hardcover books, silver, home decor and garden decor. We also have small/petite vintage furniture in our inventory.

CONTESSASHOME looks forward to serving you!

 

 

 

familiar….? (Revised)

We still have this lovely bowl with the three round glass feet. So unique. And if memory serves us correctly, it was very reasonably acquired. Our secret:  we always doubled our retail selling price. It’s a common retail practice, but we must admit we priced this beauty – not based on price but on “value.” It was our way of preserving an item we personally valued as “priceless.”  It never sold. Lucky….for us.

SOLD Today – Art Print – 1920’s – Stenciled

Sweet Vintage framed stenciled art piece typical of the 1920’s. Art print by the Gibson Company. Sold today by ContessasHome on etsy.com.

Selling price $35.00 USDEntitled ”through the lane “O” my heart.”